I'm not very familiar with the Gothic series, and struggled to get into them when playing parts of them a short time ago, but they seem to be classics in Germany, and I know a lot of people who played them. The only one that's been part of my childhood, was Risen, and I didn't even play it much, I only remember playing small parts of with with a friend, and I remember always wanting to play the whole game, which I never ended up doing.

So now, with the Black Friday Steam sale, I decided to give it another shot, and, well, it's fun, but probably nothing special in its genre. When you start, you're stranded on an island with some of the last survivors of mankind (it was probably explained in the prologue, but I forgot - the story here is a bit average anyway), and have to work your way up to finally save the island from titans and lizard people (probably the Reptilians from the conspiracy theories).

It gets more straightforward, the more the game progresses, but I enjoyed the earlier chapters the most, where you just have to walk around and complete tasks for everybody, the Bandit Camp and Harbour Town were the highlights, along with Patty's treasure hunt.

Oh yeah, I chose bandit and mostly improved my sword and thief skills, never did anything like alchemy or smithery, and it didn't seem necessary, as I always had enough items, strong weapons and never had to grind.

That's it, basically. Probably cool for fans of the genre, some nostalgic value for me. I'm not very familiar with similar games, so I can't compare it, but would certainly recommend to fans of Gothic, as from what I've seen, this seems to be on a similar level.